The ILC initiative is unique in many ways, but perhaps the most striking characteristic is that it is truly a global effort having no home laboratory to support or guide its efforts. Instead, scientific guidance comes from the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA), currently chaired by Pier Oddone, through its subcommittee, the International Linear […]
FALC meets in Japan
FALC meets at CERN
The Funding Agencies for Large Colliders (FALC), an informal group of agency representatives, held its 19th meeting at CERN on 6 October. Since its inception, a central role of FALC has been to provide oversight for our efforts towards a linear collider, especially regarding resources. Over the years, FALC has expanded its scope to include […]
FALC discusses future programmes in particle physics
The Funding Agencies for Large Colliders (FALC), an informal committee of particle physics funding agency representatives, held their eighteenth meeting at SLAC on 22 January 2010. I previously reported on an interesting exchange meeting between the Global Design Effort Executive Committee and FALC that took advantage of the fact that their meeting immediately followed our […]
A conversation about our future
The major activity for the Global Design Effort in January was centred on the second Baseline Assessment Workshop held at SLAC from 18 to 21 January. Nick Walker reported on the meeting in this column last week, and I will report on the proposed change actions as soon as they occur. But in addition, by […]
FALC meets at SLAC
FALC meets in Mumbai
Director’s Corner 11 March 2010 Barry Barish FALC meets in Mumbai The most recent meeting of the Funding Agencies for Large Colliders (FALC) was held at the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai, India from 17 to 18 January. FALC reviewed the major high-energy programmes worldwide during this meeting, as well as hearing […]
FALC meets in Quebec City
Director’s Corner 1 October 2009 Barry Barish FALC meets in Quebec City The Funding Agencies for Large Colliders (FALC) held its fifteenth meeting at Quebec City on 13 July 2009. FALC serves as the oversight committee for our Global Design Effort (GDE) on Resource Issues as well as meets to discuss more generally the status […]
FALC meets in Madrid
Director’s Corner 5 February 2009 Barry Barish FALC meets in Madrid The Funding Agencies for Large Colliders (FALC) held its semi-annual meeting in Madrid, Spain on 19 January. FALC is an informal group of agency and government representatives that provides oversight for the Global Design Effort on resource and project planning matters. More broadly, FALC […]
FALC meets in Rome
Director’s Corner 21 August 2008 Barry Barish FALC meets in Rome The Funding Agencies for Large Colliders held their semi-annual meeting in Rome at INFN headquarters on 14 July 2008. The meeting was notable in that it marked the FALC release of their first annual report and the appointment of a new chairperson, Pierre Coulombe. […]